Interestingly .. it really is horses for courses and the experience of the bunny.
Years ago, I was running some 737-300 endorsements and, on one evening session, I took along two chaps who worked for me so they could have a looksee at what goes on.
Neither was a pilot (but both were very experienced LAMEs and OEM tech service reps), and both had lots and lots of flight sim playing.
In some spare time after the session which the techs let me have .. both had a go at some flying and an ILS approach and landing ... each did a very nice landing and roll out ... quite amazing, I thought.
Minimal talking from me in the back seat ..
All raw data and hand flown.